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Safety
Magnetism
Electricity
Experiments
Definitions
100

When it does not have a light bulb, you should never touch this.

What is a light socket?

100

This object attracts iron and a few other metals.

What is a magnet?

100

A type of energy in which small particles (electrons) move through a device.

What is electricity?

100
We tested various materials like Rockstar, juice, baking powder and water in this experiment.
What is testing items to be conductor and insulator?
100

Anything an electrical current can pass through easily.

What is conductor?

200

Materials you should never stick in a plug in.

What are metals (such as forks, knives)?

200

This happens when you put the north pole of one magnet towards the south pole of another magnet.

What is they attract?

200

Where the current flows from the battery through an electrical device providing power, and returning back to the battery.

What is a closed circuit?

200
This experiment to a whole week and we needed our parents help to read the meter.
What is observing our family's daily energy consumption?
200

A path along which electric charges can flow.

What is a circuit?

300

You should never use this while taking a bath.

What are anything that is plugged in (for example a radio)?

300

Telephones, MRI machines, and computers are all devices that use this.

What is an electromagnet?

300

Electrons from the hair build on the surface of the plastic.

What is static electricity?

300
To make a device which will detect a flow of electric current HINT: (we used a compass).
What is making an ammeter?
300

A flow of electric charges along a path.

What is an electric current?

400
You should never use this while you are watering the lawn.
What is a lawn mower?
400

The 3 things you need to make an electromagnet.

What are a battery, wire and iron nail?

400

Electricity can be changed (converted) into other useful forms of energy by ___________.

What is an electrical device?

400
We learned how to draw symbols to demonstrate this experiment.
What is making circuits?
400

Materials that heat or electricity has a hard time flowing through; for example plastic, leather or wood.

What is an insulator?

500
You should never fly this when you are near an electrical post.
What is a kite?
500

Which is not an advantage of electromagnets over permanent magnets? Electromagnets can be turned on and off.

The strength of an electromagnet can be controlled by the amount of current.

They are found in nature.

They can be built as big as necessary.

What is found in nature?

500

Our house plug ins have this many volts.

What is 110 Volts?

500
We looked at house appliances for this experiment in order to determining how much energy an appliance use up?
What is determining the Energuide?
500

The buildup of electric charges on an object.

What is static electricity?